Multicultural Literature
Independent Author Country Project
Multicultural Spring 2009 Syllabus
Annotated Multicultural Book List
250 Things to Write (Project/Writing Ideas)
Holocaust/Genocide Websites:
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Australian Websites:
Traditional Aboriginal Painting Methods
Spring 2009 Day by Day Syllabus:
Week 1: Introductions/What Does It Mean to be an American?
Week 2: Individual African-American Novel
Week 3: Individual African-American Novel
Week 4: Small Group Novel—Native American (Flight-Sherman Alexie)
Week 5: Small Group Novel—Native American (Flight-Sherman Alexie)/Film: Smoke Signals
Week 6: Class Novel—Hispanic American (Always Running-Luis Rodriguez)
Week 7: Class Novel—Hispanic American (Always Running-Luis Rodriguez)
Historical Information Websites:
Vietnam War--The History Place
Week 8: Asian-American Writings/Film: The Namesake
Week 9: Asian-American Writings
SPRING BREAK
Week 10: Asian Writings
Week 11: African Writings
Week 12: Small Group Novel--Asian/African Novels
Week 13: Small Group Novel—Asian/African Novels
Week 14: Latin/South American Writings
Week 15: Latin/South American Writings
Week 16: European Writings
Week 17: Oceania Writings/Film: Rabbit-Proof Fence
Week 18: Oceania Writings
Week 19: Independent Multicultural Author/Country Presentations